期刊
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 561, 期 -, 页码 181-194出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.11.017
关键词
Polymer/surfactant interactions; Air-water interface; Synergy; Competition; Foaming; Comb co-polymer; Neutron reflectivity
资金
- Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
- Procter Gamble
Understanding the structure of polymer/surfactant mixtures at the air-water interface is of fundamental importance and also of relevance to a variety of practical applications. Here, the complexation between a neutral 'tardigrade' comb co-polymer (consisting of a hydrophilic polyethylene glycol backbone with hydrophobic polyvinyl acetate grafts, PEG-g-PVAc) with an anionic surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) at the air-water interface has been studied. Contrast-matched neutron reflectivity complemented by surface tension measurements allowed elucidation of the interfacial composition and structure of these mixed systems, as well as providing physical insights into the polymer/surfactant interactions at the air-water interface. For both polymer concentrations studied, below and above its critical aggregation concentration, cac, (0.2 cac and 2 cac, corresponding to 0.0002 wt% or 0.013 mM and 0.002 wt% or 0.13 mM respectively), we observed a synergistic cooperative behaviour at low surfactant concentrations with a 1-2 nm mixed interfacial layer; a competitive adsorption behaviour at higher surfactant concentrations was observed where the polymer was depleted from the air-water interface, with an overall interfacial layer thickness similar to 1.6 nm independent of the polymer concentration. The weakly associated polymer layer hanging proximally to the interface, however, played a role in enhancing foam stability, thus was relevant to the detergency efficacy in such polymer/surfactant mixtures in industrial formulations. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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